{"id":1526612,"date":"2026-07-21T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=0e80eb80d5ffd2191ae4492aa208e1a5"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:53:41","slug":"2-americans-stabbed-outside-the-acropolis-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1526612","title":{"rendered":"2 Americans stabbed outside the Acropolis in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/67b192506a10aac6532f510a2ba3c218.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>Atop the Acropolis ancient hill with Parthenon temple during a heat wave on July 20, 2023 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(ATHENS, Greece) -- Two Greek-American tourists were rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning after they were stabbed outside the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.<\/p><p>The incident occurred at approximately 8:05 a.m., just after the Acropolis Museum\u2019s opening, police said.<\/p><p>Prior to the incident, an individual brandishing a knife outside the museum\u2019s entrance was threatening pedestrians, prompting a bystander to place an emergency call to authorities, according to eyewitnesses and authorities.<\/p><p>Before law enforcement arrived, the assailant stabbed a couple, a 53-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman. The male victim suffered severe blood loss, police said.<\/p><p>The male victim\u2019s injuries required urgent care due to blood loss, but both victims are reported to be in stable condition. The female victim suffered minor injuries to her hands and legs.<\/p><p>Police have taken a 60-year-old suspect into custody.<\/p><p>The rapid-response unit within the Hellenic Police and the Athens Police Directorate immobilized and disarmed the suspect, detaining the individual on the scene.<\/p><p><em>This is a story in development.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atop the Acropolis ancient hill with Parthenon temple during a heat wave on July 20, 2023 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski\/Getty Images)(ATHENS, Greece) &#8212; Two Greek-American tourists were rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning after they we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8862,"featured_media":1526613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-21\/Gtty_acropolis_072126.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1504],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-world-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-23 14:53:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-21\/Gtty_acropolis_072126.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1526612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526617,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526612\/revisions\/1526617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1526612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1526612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1526612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}